In the novel, To kill a mockingbird, by harper lee, we follow our main characters as they witness their father, Atticus, having to defend a black man against a rape charged, against Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella. Despite the evidence showing that Tom Robinson was innocent, they still choose to charge him as guilty. Thus the trial ends. However, it seems that Bob has a grudge against everyone apart from the trial, evidenced by him stalking Helen and trying to break into the judge’s house. During Halloween night, Bob tries to kill Jem and Scout, however they are saved by Arthur “boo” radley. They later find out that Bob Ewell had died, being stabbed in the stomach. The sheriff almost fails to convince Atticus to hide the fact that Arthur killed Bob, but Atticus soon agrees, despite him being a lawyer. However, this brings justice to Arhur, the kids, and Bob Ewell. …show more content…
In the book, Arthur was known for being locked up in his house for being in a gang, and was also known for trying to murder his father. If word got out that he killed Bob Ewell, people would start to make new rumors about him and the amount of attention he would get would spike up, as said by the Sheriff, and we can see in the book that he doesn’t like attention by hiding in the corner when saving Jem from Bob Ewell. The sheriff covers up the murder to protect Bob, as seen in the last paragraph of of 278, when they were talking about the murder of Bob Ewell, where he screams at atticus that he’s not talking about Jem, and to let the dead bury the dead. He also think it's a sin to bring Bob into the limelight and he doesn’t want it to be on his